hashing

[ hash-ing ]

/ ˈhæʃ ɪŋ /

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noun

Radio. interference of signals between two stations on the same or adjacent frequencies.

Also hash .Computers. a technique for locating data in a file by applying a transformation, usually algorithmic, to a key.

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Origin of hashing

First recorded in 1965–70; hash¹ + -ing¹

Words nearby hashing

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, hasher, hashhead, hash house, Hashimite, hashing, hashish, hash key, hash mark, hash over, hash-slinger

How to use hashing in a sentence

Hashing is an efficient way of representing a video, photograph or other document as a string of numbers, instead of sharing the file itself.
Social Media Companies Vowed To Stop Videos of Terror Attacks. Buffalo Showed They Have More Work To Do|Billy Perrigo|May 17, 2022|Time
It is impossible to recreate a piece of content from its hash code, but identical content will always return the same hash code if run through the same hashing algorithm.
Social Media Companies Vowed To Stop Videos of Terror Attacks. Buffalo Showed They Have More Work To Do|Billy Perrigo|May 17, 2022|Time
Typically there are no privacy features beyond anonymization of the data, so just the basic hashing.
Media Buying Briefing: ‘We’re engineering around the value proposition’: Kepler Group’s global reach expands as it absorbs U.K.’s Infectious Media|Michael Bürgi|August 23, 2021|Digiday
Lolly, the Great Pyrenees, was a lovable lug who finally got a chance after some hashing out with a hesitant adopter in the parking lot of a Starbucks.
For some dogs (and humans), the pandemic adoption rush was mostly a waiting game|Hau Chu|June 25, 2021|Washington Post

The Latino Victory Project has a number of these activities planned for late October but is still hashing out the details.
This Is How Eva Longoria Is Trying to Win the Midterms|Asawin Suebsaeng|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I hesitate to respond to the re-hashing of your antiquated guilt trip on women to get married.
Dear Princeton Mom, Stop Telling Me To Husband-Hunt|Emily Shire|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Will re-hashing these 2008 attacks squash Power's nomination?
How the Pro-Israel Right Will Attack Samantha Power: Like They Did in 2008|Ali Gharib|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hashing all this out is hours of fun for the entire pundit family.
Should the President Mint a $1,000,000,000,000 Platinum Coin?|Megan McArdle|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here there is a troop of cooks, their garments girded like soldiers for the battle, hashing and steaming.
The Makers of Modern Rome|Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
But you can see how my telling her would—oh well there isn't much percentage in hashing it over.
Young People's Pride|Stephen Vincent Benet
"Verehas we hare honly servants of the ke veen;" suggested No. 2, hashing his mistress's English.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long|Charles Reade
It's very easy for you to say hash it; but I know what a joint loses in hashing: it's a day's dinner the less, if it's a bit.
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures|Anonymous
Besides this, there was nothing new; merely a hashing up of the two great trials at Aix and Loudun.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages|Jules Michelet

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